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Cal Crutchlow is in favour of changing the format of MotoGP free practice, so that only FP3 is used to determine direct access to the Qualifying 2 pole position shootout.
Presently the best lap times are combined for FP1, FP2 and FP3, with the top......

...campaigns as part of a two-bike set-up - and finished as the lead rider in four of those seasons, having edged the likes of Cal Crutchlow , Nicky Hayden and Andrea Iannone.
In 2017, Dovizioso will have Lorenzo beside him, the Spanish rider already......

...[Aurin – new crew chief] was also really good.”
Throughout the two days, Miller was also using a new HRC chassis, which Cal Crutchlow had ridden to success from Silverstone until the end of the year. The frame offers a much-improved front-end......

...passion to get me back to full fitness.
It was great to be where we should be – in the top ten running with the likes of Cal Crutchlow and my teammate Pol Espargaro, because we have been the leading independent riders for the last few years.
It......

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and his teammate Dani Pedrosa have renewed their contract for two years with Repsol Honda, Cal Crutchlow is hoping to again finish as the top independent team rider, and possibly more, with LCR Honda, and teammates......

GP17, even though they are banned in MotoGP next season, in order to compare chassis changes.
Former factory Ducati rider Cal Crutchlow , now a double race winner for LCR Honda, quipped that there may well be another motive:
"Maybe they've kept......

...bottom of the timesheets despite completing 77 laps; he was over three seconds off the pace by the end of the meeting.
Cal Crutchlow again finished as the highest independent team rider aboard his LCR Honda (2016 and 2017 models were......

Cal Crutchlow is concerned that some of the development work he has carried out for Honda has not been embraced by factory riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
The LCR Honda rider, sixth fastest on the second and final day of the official MotoGP......

GP17 in third, with Iannone bringing a fourth different bike into the top four aboard the Suzuki.
Honda duo Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow took fifth and sixth respectively, the Briton setting an identical fastest time to Valentino Rossi, who was......

His fastest time of 1:31.165 came on lap 29, and was just 0.009 seconds slower than Cal Crutchlow on the 2016 LCR Honda.
For Rins it was another story understandably as he took longer to adjust to the MotoGP......

...quicker than fellow Ducati factory rider Andrea Dovizioso, the latter only taking fifth as the duo was split by Marquez.
Cal Crutchlow became the second quickest Honda in sixth, the Briton being among several others, including seventh-placed......

Cal Crutchlow says he can be “proud” of what he and his LCR Honda team have achieved this season, despite finishing his campaign with a crash in Valencia.
The British rider, who took his first two MotoGP career wins at Brno and Phillip Island,......

He was one of only three riders who made a seemingly daring choice opting for the hard compound front Michelin Power Slick; Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) who crashed out and 2016 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) were the other two with the......

Had he finished higher, he had the chance of stealing the independent team championship title from LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow who crashed out.
Smith, who is still overcoming injuries sustained in an incident at an endurance event before......

...a tough weekend in Valencia for the MotoGP season finale came to an early an abrupt end to British rider LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow , as he crashed out of the Gran Premio Motul de la Communitant Valenciana, it was a bittersweet end to the......

...who was another rider making his final appearance for his current team on the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha before joining KTM.
Cal Crutchlow was a faller on the LCR Honda but the English rider still ends the season as the top satellite rider.
The top......

...behind in eighth, followed by Bradley Smith's Tech 3 Yamaha and Alvaro Bautista's Aprilia.
Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Cal Crutchlow both crashed out, the former going down at Turn 2 in the early stages and the latter exiting at mid-distance......

...run second and third early on before dropping down the order.
Aleix Espargaro (Suzuki), Bradley Smith (Tech 3 Yamaha) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) completed a top 10 split by less than six tenths of a second.
Dani Pedrosa on the second Repsol......

...to set his fastest lap of the session and make sure of pole position in his final race for Yamaha before moving to Ducati.
Cal Crutchlow , meanwhile, was fastest in the first phase of qualifying, but couldn't recover from a crash at Turn 10 in the......

...(Pull & Bear Aspar Ducati) crashed out of the fast turn four.
Crutchlow angry with Bradl put vented his anger positively
Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) appeared to be very frustrated as he returned to the pits; he was so angry and distracted he almost......

Cal Crutchlow insisted it'll be Stefan Bradl who pays if the Englishman is judged to have broken the derogatory hand gestures rule, during Qualifying 1 at the Valencia MotoGP.
Crutchlow was forced to overtake Bradl and Aprilia team-mate Alvaro......

Cal Crutchlow has slammed Stefan Bradl for dawdling on the racing line during the first part of MotoGP qualifying at Valencia.
Having just missed out on a Q2 spot in third practice, Crutchlow was forced to fight his way through Q1 for the third race......

Bradley Smith took the final place in the top 10 on the second Tech 3 Yamaha.Crutchlow tops Q1, then crashes
Cal Crutchlow was the clear pacesetter in the first phase of qualifying, breezing through the opening segment with a time of......

...behind.
Jorge Lorenzo's entered third practice with the time to beat, a 1:30.463, while spots in Q2 were up for grabs with Cal Crutchlow and Scott Redding on the outside looking in.
There were early offs for Marquez, second on the timesheet, and......

He has the potential to win the independent team championship, should he claim enough points. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) is leading however he has not yet secured it. Team Suzuki Ecstar teammates Maverick Vinales and......

...(Pramac Ducati) and a recovering Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) completed a top 10 split by less than nine tenths, with Cal Crutchlow also getting the LCR Honda within a second of Lorenzo's pace in P11.
Mika Kallio once again ended up bottom of......

...the championship in the best possible way in Spain.”
Dovizioso has 162 points with Dani Pedrosa of Repsol Honda (155) and Cal Crutchlow of LCR Honda (141) capable of overtaking him, while fourth-placed Team Suzuki Ecstar rider Maverick Vinales......

Cal Crutchlow 's recent form has led to speculation that he could be in line for a step up to a factory Honda bike in future. But, as Jamie Klein argues, the British rider has well and truly found his niche with the LCR team.
Almost as soon as Dani......

...as he struggled with the GSX-RR, but three riders falling ahead of him including Iannone, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) meant that he was able to gain several positions. Vinales finished sixth in the race and Espargaro......

...with the consequences that brought with it, whereas some had no choice but to continue.
Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) and Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) had pushed and dominated all weekend, placing themselves at the top of the timesheets after many of......